P.O.W.: Prisoners of War

P.O.W.: Prisoners of War, released in Japan asDatsugoku -Prisoners of War-(脱獄 -Prisoners of War-Prison Break: Prisoners of War), is a side-scrollingbeat ’em upproduced bySNKoriginally released as an arcade game in 1988.[1]

A home version was released for theNintendo Entertainment Systemon June 30, 1989 in Japan and on September 1989 in North America. The player controls a military prisoner who breaks free from his cell and must fight his way into the enemy’s main base in order to eliminate their leader and escape.